Origin of Hip Hip Hooray?

[Strinka]

Is anything about when, where, or how the phrase “hip hip hooray” started?

[RealityChuck]

According to the OED, “Hooray” is a variation of “Hurrah” (ca. 1716) which is a variation of “Huzza” (from 1682). “Hip” dates from 1762, but was begun to be used as a cheer in 1827.

The OED gives first cite for “hip hip hooray” from 1849; prior to that, “hip hip hip” was used.

[Musicat]

I just have to laff. The intelligent ad engine we now have, courtesy of Google, has ads below this thread for[ul][li]Hip surgery,[]Joint pain, and []Health quotes.[/ul] :rolleyes:[/li]
Hip, hip, hooray!

[Walloon]

Take Our Word For It says,

[T]here’s no evidence as to where hep/hip in this sense came from, either, though it is first recorded in English in 1818. We do know that hurrah probably derives from huzzah, which, in the 17th century, was described as a sailors’ cheer. One source suggests that huzzah changed to hurrah by influence of foreign cries, such as hurrah being a battle cry of Prussian soldiers in the War of Liberation (1812-1813).

[SmackFu]

Naughty By Nature, 1993.